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Mount Eyak in Cordova, Alaska, is a small community-run ski area operated by the Sheridan Ski Club, with a single chairlift, a rope tow, and modest visitor services. Local skiing there began in 1948, when club members organized and built an early rope tow and maintained a lighted hill for night skiing. The modern base area emerged in the early 1970s through grants, city funding, and club contributions and volunteer labor. Its defining feature is a chairlift purchased from Sun Valley and installed with U.S. Army helicopters in 1974. Originally built in 1939, it is the oldest working chairlift in North America.
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Cordova, Alaska · United States
